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Cecilia Castelli
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Women’s Tennis Continues Strong Play in Day Two of Temple Invite

10.13.18 | Women's Tennis

PHILADELPHIA— Temple women's tennis had another strong performance in the second day of the Temple Invite. The team hosted Mount St. Mary's at the TU Pavilion on a crisp, windy afternoon. Day two consisted of a round of doubles followed by a round of singles.

Notes
> The Owls completed another nearly flawless day of competition, as they were perfect in singles and only dropped one hard-fought doubles match against the Mountaineers.
> Alice Patch, Cecilia Castelli and Oyku Boz are undefeated in doubles and singles in the Temple Invite. They have triumphed over Morgan State and Mount St. Mary's opponents. Patch will compete for the green flight singles title on Sunday morning and pair up with Stefaniya Surikova to vie for the white flight doubles crown. Castelli and Boz will form a pair to fight for the black flight doubles title and the blue and purple singles flight titles, respectively.
> Ruoyu Chen downed her Mount St. Mary's opponent in singles play, 6-1, 6-0. Chen will compete for the cherry flight singles title on Sunday.
> Kristina Titova battled hard against Mount St. Mary's Hannah Davis. Titova emerged victorious, 7-5, 7-6 (7-6)
> Oleksandra Doroshenko will also advance to compete for her flight singles title, as she defeated Megan Smith 6-0, 6-3 in the black flight.

Results
Doubles- Temple vs. Mount St. Mary's
> Cherry Flight- Davis/Quintanilla (Mount St. Mary's) def. Chen/Xiang (Temple), 6-4
> White Flight- Patch/Surikova (Temple) def. Cook/Smith (Mount St. Mary's), 6-2
> Black Flight- Castelli/Boz (Temple) def. Blake/Pittman (Mount St. Mary's), 6-1
 
Singles- Temple vs. Morgan State
> Cherry Flight- Ruoyu Chen (Temple) def. Alexa Quintanilla (Mount St. Mary's), 6-1, 6-0
> White Flight- Kristina Titova (Temple) def. Hannah Davis (Mount St. Mary's), 7-5, 7-6 (7-6)
> Black Flight- Oleksandra Doroshenko (Temple) def. Megan Smith (Mount St. Mary's), 6-0, 6-3
> Blue Flight- Cecilia Castelli (Temple) def. Taylor Cook (Mount St. Mary's), 6-2, 6-1
> Green Flight- Alice Patch (Temple) def. Mia Pittman (Mount St. Mary's), 6-2, 6-0
> Purple Flight- Oyku Boz (Temple) def. Emma Blake (6-2, 6-0)

Next Up
> The Owls will continue competition at the Temple Invite on Sunday, Oct. 14. On the final day, Temple will face Villanova in a round of doubles followed by a round of singles. Play will begin at 8:30 a.m.
 
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